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4 unusual facts about Golf Channel


Brandel Chamblee

Chamblee lost his PGA Tour card in 2003, and since then has worked as an analyst for the Golf Channel on the Champions Tour, and Sprint's Pre/Post Game show.

Jerry Foltz

Jerry Foltz (born August 14, 1962) is an American professional golfer and commentator for the Golf Channel.

The Houstonian Hotel

Tim McDonald of Travel Golf, of the Golf Channel, said "The Houstonian Hotel looks like something a big-spending, Texas oil baron might have built in the old days".

Tim McDonald of Travel Golf, a website of the Golf Channel, said that the location, being in proximity to Uptown and Downtown meant that the hotel became a popular place for small and large meetings.


Bridget Dwyer

Bridget Dwyer (born September 16, 1980) is an American professional golfer, best known for her appearance on The Big Break, the Golf Channel's reality television series.

Carnoustie Golf Links

The Golf Channel's reality series The Big Break, in which aspiring golfers compete for exemptions on professional tours and other prizes, filmed its fourth season at Carnoustie in 2005.

Derek Gillespie

He won The Big Break Prince Edward Island, a golf reality television show on the Golf Channel.

Golf instruction

The 2009 Golf Channel program The Haney Project: Charles Barkley showcased some of these issues, as Hank Haney attempted to fix former NBA great Charles Barkley's infamously bad swing.

Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School

Notable alumni include Cary Fowler (59), Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, Shiva Rea (81), creator of Prana Flow yoga, and Mike McCarley (88), President, NBC’s Golf Channel.


see also

Bridget Dwyer

Dwyer was also featured on The Big Break VI: Trump National, the sixth series of the Golf Channel's reality show.

Stephanie Sparks

Sparks also co-hosted the third edition of The Golf Channel's reality television competition show, The Big Break, titled, The Big Break III: Ladies Only, alongside Vince Cellini.